I’d like to also pay my respects to the kid Wes Leonard who died Thursday night after scoring the game winning layup at Fennville High in Michigan. He’s just one of the MANY kids that have, without any previous health signs alarms, just dropped dead during a game from an enlarged heart. And as a guy who was also diagnosed with an enlarged heart, this always hits me hard. Seeing how I went to the doctor because I tore a ligament in my thumb, driving to the hole, I consider myself blessed to have the doctor run test and find out that my heart was basically a ticking time bomb that could literally go at any second while exerting myself.

Hopefully they start to do more of these tests on high school athletes because I see these stories pop up so often in football and basketball now with the same ending tagline; “We never saw it coming”… RIP

I feel you. I just hope he did not pay 6+ mill to the Wizards to not win a ring (and right now… it simply does not look as if the Heat are the top team… things change though). I think he is making 450k with Miami.

And you have an enlarged heart? I was just reading that story this morning and started researching. Apparently it happens far more than I ever imagined. The findings were a shock to me.

What is the treatment for your condition? Can you exert any real physical activity such as working out or sports? If that is too personal, no problem.

By: A Reader!

03.05.2011 @ 12:42 PM

“Short answer is the search function is pretty strong now so there’s no need for the monthly archives to be visibly accessible.”
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I knew dat Gotty. But I wanna read each & every single post on here. Is there something wrong with me ???

By: Gotty™

03.05.2011 @ 1:18 PM

Is there something wrong with me ???
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I’m no doctor but…potentially lol?

there’s ways to do that though and everything’s tagged/hyperlinked in some way – tags, categories, months, etc. Shouldn’t be that hard to navigate.

By: J. Tinsley

03.05.2011 @ 12:48 PM

Yeah, that story about the basketball player dying after hitting the game winning shot was unreal. They had it on SportsCenter last night. That was some sad, sad shit.

I knew I had some sort of heart issue going back to high school but when I went to the doctor he had be run on the treadmill with those electros on and he said I was fine. I knew I wasn’t because I could always tell my heart would get fatigued before my body would. I didn’t actually get the real diagnosis til last year. I’m actually in the middle of finding a new specialist right now. The previous two specialist had various conflicting steps in treatment so I’m looking for an good office that specializes in Cardiomegaly. Those two did not.

But they both said that I have to lower my blood pressure because it contributes to the condition. So I had to cut a LOT of sodium out of my diet etc etc consume a lot of potassium etc etc.

As far as what I can do… The doctor told me “You can go play basketball and probably won’t have anything happen today… Or tomorrow, or next year. But there’s a real chance that you can get into a pick up game this evening and your heart can just give out and you’ll die”. Tick. Tick. Boom… So that killed a lot of my desire to play so now I just exercise off and on while pacing myself and my heart rate.

What is the treatment for your condition? Can you exert any real physical activity such as working out or sports? If that is too personal, no problem.

Yeah it happens very often. As of right now I’m searching for an good clinic that specializes in cardiomegaly. The last two that I went to did not and they gave me conflicting information on proceeding. But what they both agreed on was me lowering my blood pressure because it contributes to the condition. So I had to completely switch up my diet. The 1st doc said “NO basketball under any circumstances” and the 2nd said “Yeah go on and play a little”. It was like the medical version of the angel and devil sitting on my shoulder lol. The last thing he told me and probably will stick with me,” Well you can go out and run today and be fine. And probably the same tomorrow, the day after that and probably next year, BUT the reality is your heart is enlarged and has to work double and at any moment (during exertion) it can give out and you will die”. I didn’t really bat an eyelash because I previously started researching the condition after I heard an ESPN special on Cuttino Mobley’s retirement and remember his symptoms sounding like mine.

It’s hard because I want to work out. I want to run. And I used to play basketball about 4 days a week, but every time I do anything more than jogging my heart starts beating rapidly and I get paranoid and just chill out…

By: El Rosado

03.05.2011 @ 3:02 PM

I’m gonna go ahead and assume that J. Tins is still crying in his car after that 30 point L his boys took last night.

You know it’s an ass-whipping when Timmy D is talking trash.

By: Willie P.

03.05.2011 @ 8:10 PM

Yeahhh…ay Cell, about that whole Arroyo is trash thing…

he’s about to sign with your team. Just sayin

By: PandasNeedThatTreble

03.05.2011 @ 8:29 PM

@cell

Carlos Arroyo was really trash so replacing Bibby for him at least gives you some more shooting. And it’s not like Arroyo played defense so…
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congrats buddy!

By: Sal

03.05.2011 @ 10:38 PM

is there a link for the “winning” tshirt in the teaser on the main page?

Oh GTFOH! With Leone Powe out there you go for this bum?? He must have signed on out of spite because I know they couldn’t have paid more than a pack of Ramen noodles and a pack of Kools for this clown. As long as he’s 3rd string then whatever…

Yeah I knew they signed Pav’ the other day after they lost the Corey Brewer battle with Dallas. The one thing I can say about sorry players joining the C’s is that Doc usually finds a way to only use their strengths without being a team liability (ex Marquis Daniels, Von Waver, even Rondo) So I’m very interested in seeing how they make Carlos look good smh… Pav I can see working in the Doc’s secondary system.

By: Willie P

03.06.2011 @ 4:12 PM

(ex Marquis Daniels, Von Waver, even Rondo)
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Yoooo…Daniels was a big part of our Finals run down here in Dallas, just like Brewer will be for us this year. But you are right about Doc. He knows how to put his players in position. Hell even Erdin had a big part on the team before he got traded. (Sorry…had to rub it in some more)

You right. I overstated “sorry” because Rondo was not sorry either BUT what I should have said was players that have gaping holes in their games. The worse part about all these new pieces is trying to get them acclimated on the fly because you don’t have any real time between games and the playoffs are around the corner. Ainge either has big balls or nuts for brains. I can’t tell you yet but the latter is looking more apparent. Hopefully we can just get healthy…

By: PandasNeedThatTreble

03.06.2011 @ 7:36 PM

Ainge either has big balls or nuts for brains.
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Better be careful… KG might try to get his hands on them.